SINUSITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sinusitis mean? 

• SINUSITIS (noun)
  The noun SINUSITIS has 1 sense:

1. inflammation of one of the paranasal sinuses

  Familiarity information: SINUSITIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SINUSITIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inflammation of one of the paranasal sinuses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("sinusitis" is a kind of...):

inflammation; redness; rubor (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sinusitis"):

pansinusitis (inflammation of all of the paranasal sinuses)

 Context examples 

Sinusitis or problems with your nose may be to blame.

(Bad Breath, NIH)

Representative examples include sinusitis and mucocele.

(Non-Neoplastic Paranasal Sinus Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare autosomal recessive inherited syndrome characterized by situs inversus, bronchiectasis, and chronic sinusitis.

(Kartagener Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include rhinitis, sinusitis, and mucocele.

(Non-Neoplastic Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinus Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

When it occurs in the nose or sinuses, it may cause symptoms similar to those caused by sinusitis, such as nasal congestion.

(Inverted papilloma, NCI Dictionary)

It may present itself as an acute (associated with viral rhinitis) or chronic (associated with allergic or hyperplastic sinusitis) condition.

(Ethmoidal Sinusitis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Causes include allergic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, and cystic fibrosis.

(Ethmoid Sinus Polyp, NCI Thesaurus)